I Love Your Freaky Face, Your Steamy, Freaky Face!

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments on my previous posts! I am having so much fun with all your guesses! From hotel inspectors to a traveling circus, all the speculation has been very entertaining. If I ever reveal what it is that we do, it’s going to be so anticlimactic compared to all your fabulous guesses.

Have you heard the excellent news? Ricki from Diet, Dessert and Dogs has been chosen as one of five finalists in the Well Fed Network’s Food Blog Awards for her beyond amazing writing! The official name of the category is “Best Food Blog: Writing“. Now, this is no shocker, Ricki’s writing is fantastically witty and captivating. Whenever I start reaching the end of her posts, I start pacing myself to make them last longer. You know, like when you’re eating a piece of chocolate and it’s so good that you start swirling it around in your mouth because you don’t want it to end? Kind of like that. Oh yea, and then there’s the drool inducing food porn and the fabulous recipes. And let’s not forget about the adorable puppies (they can even type!). Oh, did I mention that Ricki has a SWEET contest going on? Oh yes, Ricki is giving away Ritter Sport peppermint chocolate bars! Chocolate I’m telling you! If you are lucky enough to live in the Toronto area, then you can also win some of Ricki’s amazing home baked goodies from her upcoming cookbook. So if you haven’t yet, check out Ricki’s blog and click here to vote for Diet, Dessert and Dogs! Update:Voting ends Saturday, January 24th at 8 pm EST.

Moving on to some non-sweet edibles, I saw that Erin (Vegan Homemade) made some fried quinoa and it looked so darn good that I got a serious case of the copycats. So that’s what we had tonight, fried quinoa with veggies and TVP clusters. Thanks Erin for the awesome idea! By the way, I need to buy me a wok so my clumsy hands don’t spill quinoa all over the stove top!

Random Food Mention: I’m a big fan of scones, and biscuits, and biscuity scones! That’s what I chose to call these stove top thingies – biscuity scones. Or does sconey biscuits sound better? Biscuity scones reminds me of Lemony Snicket! Anyway, the idea of stove top scones came from Baking for Britain. I made mine with whole wheat flour and flax, and baking powder instead of baking soda, and no buttermilk, so I don’t quite know if they are scones or biscuits – or neither!

Random Road Picture: Want to see something freaky? This picture is another one of our very many Yellowstone National Park pictures. It’s a very steamy little cascade in the hot springs area of Yellowstone. Is it just me or do you see a freaky face there?

Nothing? Here’s what I see…

Anyone? No? *crickets chirping* Must be time to go to bed then! Happy Friday! :)

I totally see a freaky face but the features are a bit different to where you see yours. Cool Huh!Those Biscuity Scones look yummers and the fact that they’re a bit confused pleases me even more.Have a FANTABULOUS weekend River.xx

O.K I’m gonna have a guess at your job~ Are you a Bear Waker-upperer? (do you travel round from park to park telling the bears that it’s time to come out of hibernation?).Sconey Biscuit ~ Lemony Snicket! It’s like Cockney Rhyming Slang! (except you liked it the other way round? Silly rabbit!).I love all of your National Park pictures! And snotty rock dude is no exception!! Happy Friday River! *Hugs*

Thank you for all your lovely comments abt the collages *beams. I’m glad you like it. I wonder if Benry will too?cannot wait to get lost next week….dum dum dumHope ya get to watch it when on the road rivvy!

River, you are just too much! First, I must tell all your readers that I did NOT financially (or any other way) compensate River for this amazing endorsement! Thank you so much, and good luck on the contest (for which you are now entered–twice!) :) Oh, and whatever it is that you do, perhaps you’d like to come be my agent instead??

Love the biscuity scones! I feel like the freaky steamy face right now. I got some allergy thing going on today – been sneezing all morning! I’d recommend investing in a really good non-stick wok. We got a cheapo one and stuff always gets stuck to it.

Biscuity scones–mmm yeah! I’ve been making your English Muffiny Stove Top things like mad this past week. No seriously, I’ve made them 3 times in the past 7 days. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!

omg! you’re right! there IS a face…lol! and it’s got a nasty cold from this chilly weather!those biscuity scones look so dense and filling and homey! yum…btw, I’ve tried cooking quinoa but always ended up hating it…but so many ppl swear by it! I wonder what I’m doing wrong?

Hi!(waving!!)Yes while you have been working hard on adding numbers I was busy working on lowering numbers.I had gone to the Dr. in July.. after becoming Vegan in May… to be sure I was getting the right stuff in my diet.I was SHOCKED when they called and told me I had high cholesterol. Who knows how high it WAS.. you know before may??? I dropped it 35 points!So as far as niext months “new number” for you.. I think its exciting! You have earned it and should celebrate each day.. My goal for my birthday is to make this year be a more activist year. Thanks for stooping by my page. Your such a great blogger buddy!

Okay, so I’m way late on the commenting, but I’m glad you tried the fried quinoa! It’s good, huh? Oh, and a wok is kind of key, I’ve found. I only use mine for stirfrys and such, which I don’t make that often, but it’s definitely worth the storage space it takes up.